It was fun to return back to 7 Secrets, considering it was the first scene I'd written with that sort of flavor, at least in a public sense. I'm also glad that I'm keeping the rest of that story so closely to my chest, and haven't given a whole lot of hints away about where the back half of that story will go to. We'll see how soon we're back to it!
Before the end of the ...
2022-12-15 10:34:53 +0000 UTC View PostPart Four – A Boy
Five months is just about enough time for you to forget about something, but even if I had forgotten, Sheila clearly hadn't, because in spring of 2016, my phone popped up with a text message from Sheila, whom I hadn't heard from since our insane encounter last fall. “Saturday still good for you?” the message read. “Kept your schedule clean for me...
2022-12-15 02:20:30 +0000 UTC View PostInterruption Five – Streets Of Fire
The aftermath of Midas Day was surprisingly light the second time around, and Kevin found himself in much better spirits about it, even if he didn't have a clue what was happening to him or why. The next day it was as though everything had simply returned to normal, and none's the wiser for whatever had happened. They had the camera f...
2022-12-12 10:11:40 +0000 UTC View PostAnybody read anything good lately? ;)
So we've returned to the world of Quaranteam with the first chapter of Book 2, and it came pretty naturally to me, so once January rolls around, I'll consider going back to 2 QT chapters a month, but don't consider that a done deal yet.
There's also going to be a fun poll for Tier 3s and up about one of the things mentioned in QT2:1, and that'll...
2022-12-08 02:13:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One
December 10th, 2020
Whatever Andy expected his first visit to the military base at the heart of New Eden was going to be like, being brought in with his hands cuffed together wasn't it. To some extent, he understood the reasoning behind it, but he still felt like the entire thing was an overreaction.
“You okay, hon?” Niko asked him, ha...
2022-12-06 23:46:05 +0000 UTC View PostA Pack Of His Own
a commissioned work by Devin McTaggart ( http://www.patreon.com/CorruptingPower)
Chapter One
Everyone had told Will Bowland that the University of Colorado at Boulder would be a great place to get an education, a...
2022-12-02 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostPart 24
Mrs. Churchill – 3/9/2017 – Friday – 12:13 pm
It was astonishing to Mrs. Churchill that she'd gotten an entire night's sleep undisturbed. The uninterrupted slumber must have been a personal miracle owed to her by a divine supreme being, She'd gone to bed a little after midnight and had slept until nearly nine in the morning, getting more than eight hou...
2022-12-02 02:12:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, I'm finally back from my long vacation trip with my best friend and I'm getting spun up on writing again, but I am, surprise surprise, still a little behind. I'm about halfway through BB24, so expect that to drop sometime tomorrow, I expect. (I *might* get it done late tonight, but I think it's better to be realistic than optimistic right now.)
<... 2022-12-01 00:37:03 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the profile of Lisseth! The chapter itself may be a day or two late. Got a later start on it than I'd like.
2022-11-30 23:24:16 +0000 UTC View PostPart three - “Get used to it”
“Before I carry on regaling you with the details of my journey that brought me to here, I must insist upon food, drink and a chance to relieve myself,” McCallister said to Elle defiantly. “I have cooperated with all your requests so far, but as much the monster you may think me, I still have basic human nee...
2022-11-25 23:10:28 +0000 UTC View PostSo, as a reminder, I'm off this week for Thanksgiving, although I might drop something small off over the next few days. I apologize for Friday's posting (CARP 2) going up on Sunday. The thing was done on Friday, but the AirBnB we were staying at absolutely would not let my laptop connect, so I posted it as soon as we'd arrived at our next destination on Sunda...
2022-11-23 21:52:34 +0000 UTC View PostPart Two – Freshman Year, Fall Semester
Moving from Ohio to California in early August made me realize just how little shit I actually owned that I cared about. Sure, I had a few boxes of clothes, a few boxes of books, and all my CDs and DVDs, but other than that, I was pretty light in terms of sentimental stuff. My TV was basically the biggest thing I owned, a...
2022-11-21 01:31:26 +0000 UTC View PostSo I've just tossed up Threadbinders 5 and will endeavor to get C.A.R.P. 2 up as soon as possible, but it might be the end of the weekend. We'll see. My vacation is getting a little bit of an early start as my best and oldest friend shows up for a couple of weeks to hang out starting tomorrow. That said, I'll have my laptop with me, and there's points where he'...
2022-11-17 00:25:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Five
The rest of the trip across the Rebevins Desert was without major incident, although they had been forced to lose the better part of an hour after Quiesh had decided she wanted to go hunting for a particularly challenging drake that had been harassing her for part of the trip, something the three of them had just needed to accept and ride out the chase that t...
2022-11-17 00:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Five
Tabitha had found that the chase itself held a certain thrill to it that could not be denied, because as much as she'd enjoyed her first night in bed with Kelly and Veronica together, the spark hadn't shined quite as brightly on the second night as it had before. Of course, Tabitha realized, some of that could simply be the fear of her life being snuffed out ...
2022-11-11 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWhat a week it has been.
So, let's talk about the elephant in the room -- I missed a release last week, and I'm sorry. I hit sort of a perfect storm over the last week, and let me give you the short version. Last Thursday, it started to rain here in Northern California, with the temperatures dropping suddenly. Then we had the time shift. Normally those two things don't coincide, so they a...
2022-11-09 22:06:50 +0000 UTC View PostPart Three
Len
Waking up with a surprise guest wasn't something he'd ever really get used to, although he supposed in this particular case, there was more than ample reason why she'd been able to sneak past his usual self-defense techniques while he was sleeping. She'd had a decent amount of practice at it. Hell, he'd sort of taught her how to do it.
...
2022-11-09 01:12:38 +0000 UTC View PostJust because I'm not doing a chapter of QT for November doesn't mean I'm not giving you folks a profile. So who would you like to know a little bit more about? And apparently I forgot to post Jade's in October, so here that is! Someone should've mentioned these things. (Although, I kinda appreciate everyone letting me slide a little. )
2022-11-06 23:48:37 +0000 UTC View PostSo who's getting some time in the spotlight this month? And their own profile? Just a few days in this poll, so act now! Anya's out because we did her profile already, but everyone else is still fair game.
2022-11-06 22:29:42 +0000 UTC View PostI'm back from my Las Vegas roadtrip, which went both better and worse than imagined. I didn't get as much writing done along the way, so the first chapter of my new story, C.A.R.P., just went up. It's going to be 13-chapters long, 1 chapter per semester with 3 semesters in a year (the summer being the final of the three) and one pre-time at C.A.R.P. and one post-time at C.A.R.P...
2022-11-03 01:31:22 +0000 UTC View PostC.A.R.P.
(A 13-part story)
by Devin McTaggart ( http://www.patreon.com/CorruptingPower)
Part One – Senior Year (McKinley High School)
The difference between where I thought I was going in March of '97 and where I ended up after all of it at...
2022-11-03 01:14:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe Writing's On The Wall
(A Silversmith story)
The minute I entered the gymnasium, I immediately regretted it. The DJ was blasting Limp Biscuit's “Nookie” and I debated on just bailing before I even made it ten steps inside of the door, but for whatever reason, I decided to try and push through and hope that it was just an unfortunate bit of...
2022-10-28 07:19:56 +0000 UTC View PostVery very short update this week, as I'm prepping for my road trip starting tomorrow morning, trying to get as much done before I go as I can. I'll have my laptop with me and will be working at points along the way, but nowhere near as much as I normally do. I'll have the Halloween story up Friday or Saturday, and next Tuesday will have the first chapter of another new piece that's been selecte...
2022-10-26 21:32:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Four
Sketch found himself still trying to adapt to sleeping with other bodies next to his when he crawled out of bed in the wee hours of the morning, having to extract himself from Serena and Aliara's limbs, something he found he was still rather adept at doing.
In his younger days, he'd been quite the ladies man, as well as quite the drinker, and so while h...
2022-10-26 21:27:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 12
October 26th, 2020
It seemed like his raging memo had done the trick, because the last few days, all talk about strapping tracking anklets to every living man in America had come to a complete standstill, although he suspected that they were probably still continuing, just with him not on the thread anymore. But his threat to stop working...
2022-10-23 05:57:33 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so I think I'm nearly out of the hole that Covid put me in a while back. I know I keep saying that, but I already having some of Before The Storm 4 written up for next week, and I'm going to use the extra time I'll have in the next few days to start pumping out some of the commissions I have due this month. There's some new people commissioning, and while they'll be made ...
2022-10-20 01:24:39 +0000 UTC View PostPart 23
Danny Garney – 3/9/2017 – Friday – 10:24 am
As much as Danny had hoped that this morning was going to be nice and quiet, he'd actually been up and working for nearly an hour, making calls and trying to get more information on why Yancy's Nancies were in town. The fact that he hadn't been able to find people willing to talk only reaffirmed his feeling t...
2022-10-20 00:25:39 +0000 UTC View PostSo Miss Sunshine White will be featured in our next chapter of Brewster's Brood, so here's her profile! Also, let's start voting for next month's now, and this time next week, we'll run the second part. Which group is the next girl you'd like to see profiled and getting some time spotlighted in?
2022-10-17 21:29:50 +0000 UTC View PostPart I of IV – Bellona
Before I start telling you this story, let me set down a handful of rules to save us both some time, okay, kid? First and foremost, during the entirety of this story, everybody's generally speaking Latin, but I'm translating it to English for your benefit. I'm telling you the story from my memory, which isn't exactly what I would call...
2022-10-15 01:57:03 +0000 UTC View PostPart Two
Rin
Putting Sally in the ground was something that Rin had expected she'd be doing eventually since the day she'd gotten here. While the woman may have been an accomplished operative before arriving on Honeywell Island, there was something about this place that could rattle anybody's cage, and Sally had always seemed like she'd been under pressure....
2022-10-12 23:37:55 +0000 UTC View Post